Like father's rights advocates elsewhere in the country, those in Texas have long supported the rights of fathers to establish and maintain relationships with their minor children, including gaining custody in cases of divorce. In most cases, a child born to a married...
Fathers’ Rights
Fathers’ Right To Paternity Leave Under Texas Laws
Traditionally, in Texas, it was the mother's job to raise the child, while the father went out to work and earned money to support his family. However, with the changing dynamics of gender roles, more and more fathers have become hands-on parents and take pleasure in...
Fathers’ rights: Termination of paternity in Texas
One of the biggest challenges for fathers' rights advocates in Texas is when a child is born out of wedlock. In a lot of cases, especially when the biological mother feels that she does not have the financial or social resources to support the child, or even in cases...
A win-win deal in a paternity lawsuit
In Texas, and all across the United States, there are men who are being forced to pay child support for children who are not biologically theirs. And there are men who would welcome the opportunity if it means receiving recognition that they are in fact the father of...
Fathers gather in state capitol to support father’s rights bill
The rights of Texas fathers to gain custody may have been bolstered recently when fathers gathered in Austin to voice their support for a bill that would provide equal parenting time as one option for parents, according to state legislators. Among the leaders of the...
Changing the father’s name on the birth certificate in Texas
Families nowadays are not always as traditional and expected as they once were. In fact, many Texas residents have chosen, and continue to choose, to have children out of wedlock. Because of that, paternity matters are a major concern in Texas courts as well as in the...
Texas lawyers further the rights of fathers
With more and more Texas residents having children out of wedlock, paternity issues have become a major cause of concern in the courts. In some cases where the minor child is born to parents who are sure of the paternity of the child, the unwed father may voluntarily...
Texas programs promoting responsible fatherhood
In many family situations, a child looks up to that child's father during the influential years of youth. A father can be not only a role model for his child but also a friend, philosopher and guide. However, this is usually true only when a father is responsible and...
Programs promoting responsible fatherhood among Texas fathers
In Texas, as well as in other states, the United States Department of Health and Human Services runs the Responsible Fatherhood Grants Programs. This is part of the $150 million annual effort to promote healthy marriages and responsible fatherhood among parents across...
How do you establish paternity in Texas?
In Texas, paternity is the legal identification of fatherhood; it creates an undeniable and important bond between a father and his child. An unmarried man who sires a child is not automatically recognized as the father. Instead, an unmarried couple must establish...